Empowerment quotations

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◆ Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens

- Tony DeLiso99

◆ I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.

- Rebecca West99

◆ As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

- Virginia Woolf99

◆ A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.

- Virginia Woolf99

◆ Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

- Virginia Woolf99

◆ What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.

- Ana?s Nin99

◆ I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

- Mary Wollstonecraft99

◆ Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.

- Dorothy L. Sayers99

◆ Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It's ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!

- Steve Maraboli99

◆ If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

- Sue Monk Kidd99

◆ My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.

- Mary Wollstonecraft99

◆ I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

- William Shakespeare99

◆ People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop.

- Steve Maraboli99

◆ This is not the time to shrink back in fear. This is the time to move forward in Faith. Get up every morning knowing you are anointed. You are equipped.You are empowered. You have everything you need to fulfil your Destiny.

- Elton Sibiya99

◆ Sometimes God has to break us to make us. It's just a bend; it's not the end. We're all like glow sticks; no matter how much we're bent and broken, our light still shines.

- Ash Sweeney99